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I think so. Agnes Nixon got the idea from a news story about a pair of home burglars who were breaking into homes and holding the residents there hostage.

But would you have been happy being "just a doctor's wife"? Because that was Erica's problem: she needed fame and fortune in order to prove herself worthy in her father's eyes, but Jeff wasn't happy she was away in NYC all the time. Of course, if Jeff really loved her, he would have relocated to NYC, but I'm not so sure Erica would have appreciated that.

I'm not saying MEK is obese. But anyone carrying excess weight around their midsection is at risk for heart disease, diabetes, etc. That's a fact.

Charles Frank. Now that was one handsome doctor!

Who knows? The way budgets are these days, they might've posed for these pics at the Culver City DMV.

I didn't. I would've been much happier to have Rose outed as someone who underwent surgery to look like Lily in order to steal her fortune and life.

I fear for MEK, I really do. He's carrying around too much weight and he needs to do something before it affects his health.

ME (as SS announcer): Now, don't laugh...but the role of 'Joan Borman Kane' will be played by Miss Joan Crawford. (beat) I said don't laugh!

ANNOUNCER: "ALL MY CHILDREN: It's more than a storyline, it's a legacy." ME: Which your network tossed to the dumpster long ago.

Patrick + Marty + Dylan = SO! MUCH! HAIR!

A DYNASTY reboot? No thanks.

Why do I feel like the words "SCANDAL!" and "EXPOSED!" should be running underneath that photo of Donna Mills and John Conboy?

That sounds good, Mitch, but unless Kyle were an amnesiac, too, and he had no idea who Reva was or what previous history they had shared, I'd be worried about damaging Kyle's character along with the Kyle/Reva relationship; and Jeva fans be damned, but I would do whatever it took to keep both relationships, or the whole push-and-pull of a Reva/Josh/Kyle triangle, "alive." Not really. If Megan McTavish had bothered to include flashbacks to when Kyle and Reva spent that time on the other Amish farm, I think viewers would have been more accepting of the story, believing Reva had come to Goshen in the first place because the place and the people reminded her of some vague memories that she otherwise could not have explained. Those were the days....

Honestly, I vaguely recall the scene-in-question, but I'm definitely sure there was a phone call relaying word about the crash.

Pretty much. Although he did remarry...to an unknown woman...off-screen. (Seriously.) Then, Maeve got a call one day and learned Kyle, his wife and (I think) their child had been killed in a plane crash in the Himalayas.

It might've, if GUIDING LIGHT had had an EP who knew what they were doing. Kyle and Reva were my couple, so it grieved me terribly to witness their destruction. Then again, perhaps that was part of their magic? Two star-crossed lovers, never afforded a chance for lasting happiness, no matter how hard they tried.

So many men, so many mullets....

If anyone should be coming back from the dead on AMC, it should be Phil Brent. IIRC, Phil, last played by Nicholas Benedict, was killed off in a plane crash while on assignment for the government. But we all know how meaningless that is. I say, bring back Richard Hatch or Benedict, then facilitate a reunion w/ Phil, Tara, and even Charlie and Kelsey.

I blame the network's sudden inability to trust its audience with human nuances and complexities.

And therein lies the difference between Michael Malone and Agnes Nixon. Nixon would have allowed all sides to have their say. Tom was a devout Catholic whose faith was important to him. That was one facet to his character that I always appreciated.

The '90's took that with them.

Same here. Also -- and perhaps, this is just me -- but also, it came off as racist to have Doc, this "big, black, beautiful buck," to quote "Designing Women," become the object of Jessica's and especially Margo's desires. Like all of a sudden, the three were co-starring in a local production of "Mandingo."

It is.

GO MAX! Asking an audience to accept and understand Maggie's dream of opening a clown school was mighty presumptuous on Claire Labine's part. An art gallery or a cosmetics company, fine. But a clown school? Seriously?

Didn't Maggie leave Llanview because her clown school had failed?